Remember: Rent is coins paid to use a home someone else owns. The owner looks after it, and the tenant keeps it tidy and tells the owner when something is wrong.
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Ben and the cottageBen had a new job in a new town, but houses cost a lot of coins to buy, and he had only a few. Then he saw a sign on a little cottage: "To rent." The cottage belonged to Rosa. Rent means paying coins to use a place that someone else owns. Ben paid Rosa four coins at the start of each month. In three months he paid twelve coins in all, but the cottage still belonged to Rosa. One stormy night a roof tile cracked, and a drip fell into a bucket. Ben called Rosa, and she came with a ladder and fixed the roof. Ben keeps the cottage tidy and tells Rosa when something is wrong.
1
Ben pays rent each month. Look at the table. After 3 months he has paid coins.
2
Ben does not own the cottage. What can he do?
🏡Live in it while he pays rent💰Sell it to someone🎁Give it to Rosa
3
Ben owns the cottage because he pays rent.
TrueFalse
4
Circle every job that belongs to the owner, Rosa.
🧹Keeping the rooms tidy🛠️Fixing the roof🪙Paying the rent🚰Mending a cracked pipe📅Getting the rent each month
Match, order and think
5
Join each word to what it means.
1rent
2owner
3tenant
Acoins paid to use a home
Blives in the home and pays rent
Clooks after the home
6
Look at the coins: 5 rows of 4. Five months of rent is coins.
7
Number the story, first to last.
Rosa hands over the key
Ben sees a "To rent" sign
Ben pays four coins each month
A tile cracks and Ben tells Rosa
Rosa fixes the roof
8
Ben wants to paint a wall. What should he do?
Just paint itWait until the rent is paidAsk Rosa first, because it is her wall
9
Ben says: the roof is dripping, so I must fix it myself. Is Ben right?
YesNo
10
Ben has 18 coins. How many whole months of rent can he pay?
3 months4 months5 months
11
Write one job that belongs to the tenant and one that belongs to the owner.
12
Draw the cottage with a drip in the roof, and show who comes to fix it.
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